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H. TAYLOR. CAPSULE MAGHINE.

No. 311,860. Patented Feb. 3,. 1885.

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ASSIGNOR TO FRED A.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,860, dated February 3, 1.885.

Application filed January 31, 1583.

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRIsoNH. TAYLOR, of Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oapsule'Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of machines which are designed for cutting gelatine capsules upon their molds.

It is a well-known step in the process of making gelatine capsules, while they are yet comparatively soft and upon the moldpins, to cut them off at theproper length, and the machine hereinafter described is designed for this specific purpose; and the improvement distiir guishing it from other devices of its kind consists in effecting the cutting off of the gelatine capsules by the interaction of rotary cuttingknivesheld in stationary positions and in frictional contact with the mold-pins while the lat ter are made to revolve'upon their axes; and although this arrangement is in its principle but a reversal of the movements of the knives and mold-pins, as shown and patented to me in a previous machine of this kind, this re versal is a decided improvement of the machine, as it admits of a mold-plate whereon the pins can be spaced much closer, as the cutting-knives do not need a clear space for their travel around the pins, and I also obtain thereby a machine working relatively faster. 'lo rotate the mold-pins, I have also devised a novel mold-plate whose pins are upon their tail ends provided with devices for communicating rotary motion to them; and, lastly, I have improved the machine in aconstructive point of view by the novel manner in which I bring the cutters in and out of contact with the mold-pins, all as more fully hereinafter described.

lligurel is a side elevationof the machine, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line X X in Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a horizontal bed plate carrying the upright standard 0.

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D is a vertical sliding plate attached to the standard 0, and held in the position shown in the drawings by the cani-lever E.

F are a series of spring-arms attached to the sliding plate D, and carrying at their free ends the rotary circular cutters G.

H is a vertical extension of the bed-plate A.

I is a mold-plate provided with the usual mold-pins, J, which are secured to the moldplate in such a manner that they can be retated upon their axes.

Kand K are the two parts of a series of clutches, the part K being attached to the foot of the mold-pins and the part K to shafts L, which are jonrnaled in the bedplate H.

M are intermeshing cogwheels secured upon the shafts L, and N is a crank for rotating the same.

0 is a horizontal sliding plate attached to the bed-plate A, and at one end it is provided with the ears P, which form a fulcrum for the lever Q. and at the opposite end the vertical standard R is secured to it, so as to form an integral part with the sliding plate 0.

The outer ends of the shafts L are also journaled into the standard R.

S is a crank secured on top of 'the bedplate A. a

T is an adjustable stop-pin for limiting the movement of the crank S, which is also provided with a hand-lever.

U is a link connecting the crank to the sliding plate B.

The object of the crank S is to approach or withdraw the sliding plate B to or from the mold-plate I, and thereby govern the length of the capsule to be cut off by the cutters G. The object of the cam-lever E is to raise or lower the plate D, and thereby throw the cutters G in or out of contact with the inoldso as to allow-the plate D to drop and bring the cutters G into frictional contact with the mold-pins after the lever Q has been actuated so as to bring the clutches K K into engagement. Then motion is given to the crank N. One rotation of the pins J cuts off the capsules thereon, and, if desired, the tag end may now be shoved off by actuating the cam S so as to give it a jigging motion while giving the pins another rotation. Then, after reversing the levers E and Q, the mold-plate can be removed and a new one inserted.

It will be observed that the gravity of the plate D is used to keep the cutters G in frictional contact with the mold-pins. One advantage of this arrangement is that any decrease in the elasticity of the spring-arms after continual use will not alter the proper function of the cutters.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of a rotary cutter mounted upon a fixed elastic support, a rotary mold-pin supported in a plate, and means, substantially as described, for rotating the mold-pin on its axis, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a capsule-cutting machine, of a series of cutters, a mold-plate provided with a series of mold-pins rotating on their own axes, and mechanism, substantially as described, for turning said pins while the mold-plate is in a fixed position, as set forth.

3. In a device for cutting off capsules, the vertically-sliding plate D, carrying the cutters G, and in combination with devices for vertically raising the same, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. r

4. In a machine for the purposes described, the combination of the mold-pins J, clutches K K, shafts L, gears M, standard It, sliding plate 0, and lever Q, substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. In a machine for the purposes described, the sliding plate B, governing the length of the capsules cut off by the cutters, in combination with the link U, cam S, and adjustable stop-pin T, substantially as described.

6. A frame carrying a series of swiveled, mold-pins, combined with mechanism, substantially as described, for revolving them 50 only around their own axes, as set forth.

HARRISON H. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. ScULLY. 

